WLM hotmail access goes to IE not FF - Mozilla

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it's relative to mail and FF, it seems to straddle these NG's, but it
seems to apply more to FF than TB. ...

WLM hotmail access goes to IE not FF

Didn't know where to post this . . . the FF NG here or the TB NG. Since
it's relative to mail and FF, it seems to straddle these NG's, but it
seems to apply more to FF than TB. Actually, maybe I should post it on
a MS NG, since it's also relative to MS.

I have FF set as my default browser. In WLM Messenger, when I click on
"Open your email inbox" (the link to hotmail), it opens up in IE rather
than FF.

However, I CAN access my hotmail account via FF, so that's not the problem.

For some reason though, WLM defaults to IE.

I'm assuming this is simply because WLM is a Microsoft product, so the
answer may be obvious.

But is there any way I can get the WLM hotmail link to open in FF? I've
tried right clicking, the catch-all solution for a lot of stuff in
Windoze, but no joy there.

I cringe everytime IE opens up and it's not in a sandbox (which is how
it opens from WLM). (I think I'll leave this comment out if I post on a
MS NG).

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Re: WLM hotmail access goes to IE not FF

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you could just remove ie and then it can not startup. ;o)

your problem could also be related to one of reasons bg&c have redesigned
hotmail. no telling really.

one of your best bets is to do what i did, stop using msbsos. note my sig.
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Re: WLM hotmail access goes to IE not FF

On Nov 6, 2:57*pm, BJ
wrote:
> Didn't know where to post this . . . the FF NG here or the TB NG. *Since
> it's relative to mail and FF, it seems to straddle these NG's, but it
> seems to apply more to FF than TB. *Actually, maybe I should post it on
> a MS NG, since it's also relative to MS.
>
> I have FF set as my default browser. *In WLM Messenger, when I click on
> "Open your email inbox" (the link to hotmail), it opens up in IE rather
> than FF.
>
> However, I CAN access my hotmail account via FF, so that's not the problem.
>
> For some reason though, WLM defaults to IE.
>
> I'm assuming this is simply because WLM is a Microsoft product, so the
> answer may be obvious.
>
> But is there any way I can get the WLM hotmail link to open in FF? *I've
> tried right clicking, the catch-all solution for a lot of stuff in
> Windoze, but no joy there.
>
> I cringe everytime IE opens up and it's not in a sandbox (which is how
> it opens from WLM). *(I think I'll leave this comment out if I post on a
> MS NG).
>
> --
> BJ
>
> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
> Delete all the NOSPAMs from the email address after clicking Reply.

I'm unfortunately having the same problem. It's enough to drive a guy
insane. If Microsoft is really the big great company it makes itself
out to be, should it not allow users to decide which browser they want
on their own? Anyway, I've seen numerous posts saying that if you
install windows live Plus! and Stuffplug you can get around this
problem. The only thing is that I've had WLP! a long time ago and it
was chock full of malware/spyware/trojans. Basically, I'm never
downloading that **** again. I've been scouring the net for hours for
answers on this problem, but so far I've found nothing other than the
above solution.